Kulai kidnapping mastermind remanded for having pistol and bullets

Home invasion: CCTV footage showing two men snatching the victim from her house in Bandar Putra Kulai.

PHOTO: The Star/Asia News Network

BATU PAHAT - An Indonesian who is believed to be the mastermind in the kidnapping of a housewife from Kulai has been remanded for a week for having a pistol and bullets.

Magistrate Mohd Syafiq Mustaza ordered the 39-year-old suspect to be held until March 27 to help in investigations.

The suspect, who is one of 19 Malaysians and Indonesians arrested by police in the kidnapping case - is being investigated under Section 8 of the Firearms Act (Increased Penalty) 1971 and Section 8(a) of the Firearms Act 1960 for possessing a pistol and bullets.

He was arrested while trying to escape in a taxi at the Yong Peng South toll plaza heading north at around 5.30pm on Monday (Mar 20).